LAWRENCE COUNTY GRAND JURY RETURNS FIFTEEN INDICTMENTS FOR ITS MARCH 2021 MEETING SESSION

LAWRENCE COUNTY GRAND JURY RETURNS FIFTEEN INDICTMENTS FOR ITS MARCH 2021 MEETING SESSION

MARCH 22, 2021 – written by WADE QUEEN

The Lawrence County Grand Jury convened for its March 2021 session earlier in the month and they returned 15 indictments against 12 individuals on Thursday, March 11.

Those persons named in the true bills indictments were the following:

• Randel Ellis Boggs, 22, of Louisa, was charged with impersonating a peace officer for allegedly pretending to be a peace officer and/or representing a law enforcement agency with the intent to induce another to act to submit to the pretended official authority or otherwise act in reliance upon the pretense to his prejudice on January 8, 2021.

• Eddie H. Kennedy, 65, and Rodney V. McDowell, 55, both of Blaine, Ky., were charged with two counts first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance/complicity, greater than two grams, and third-degree trafficking greater than 20 dosage units/complicity for allegedly, acting alone or in complicity with each other, possessing methamphetamine, approximately 14 grams of heroin and 29 dosage units of gabapentin with the intent to traffic on January 22, 2021.

Rodney V. McDowell is also charged in a separate indictment with theft of identity for allegedly using former or current identifying information of Randy McDowell with the intent to represent himself as Randy D. McDowell for the purpose of deceiving or defrauding.

• Randy S. Wright, 32, of Louisa, was charged with first-degree, second offense possession of a controlled substance for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on January 4,2021; with a prior conviction of KRS 218a.1415.

• Aaron W. Maynard, 27, of Louisa, was charged with possession of a handgun by a convicted felon for allegedly possessing a .45-70-caliber handgun on November 25, 2020, after having been previously convicted of a felony in Lawrence Circuit Court.

• Adam Perry, 42, of Louisa, was charged with two counts of first-degree possession of a controlled substance for allegedly possessing heroin and methamphetamine on November 27, 2020.

• George L. Young, 37, of Louisa, was charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance and possession/use of drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing methamphetamine and an altered glass pipe on September 6, 2020.

• Nicholas T. Hackney, 30, of Louisa, was charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance and possession/drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing methamphetamine and a syringe on January 21, 2021.

• David M. Ferguson, 53, of Blaine, Ky., charged in two indictments.

David Ferguson was charged in the first indictment with first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, greater than two grams, first-degree possession of a controlled substance; tampering with physical evidence and second-degree persistent felony offender for allegedly possessing methamphetamine and 121 individual baggies with the intent to traffic methamphetamine; possessing heroin; and destroying, removing, altering or concealing physical evidence that he believed would be used against him in an official proceeding on Feb. 4.

Ferguson was also charged in the second indictment with possession of a handgun by a convicted felon for allegedly possessing a .32-caliber handgun after having been previously convicted of a felony.

• Kenneth McKinster, 32, of Louisa, was charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance and possession/drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing methamphetamine and altered straws used for snorting on January 2.

• Rodney K. Robertson, 43, and Samantha J. Thompson, 30, both of Fort Gay, West Virginia; were charged in three indictments with first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, tampering with physical evidence, importing heroin and first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, less than two grams, for allegedly, acting alone or in complicity with each other, transporting approximately 20 grams of heroin into the commonwealth by any means with the intent to sell or distribute the drug, possessing .8 grams of cocaine with the intent to traffic, possessing heroin and $491 in cash with the intent to traffic, and destroying, removing, altering or concealing physical evidence that he believed would be used against him in an official proceeding on June 4, 2020.